WUZHOU, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Liubao tea, a Chinese dark tea characterized by its strong and lingering fragrance and medical effects, boasts a history of more than 1,500 years. Famous for Liubao tea making, the city of Wuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has over 310,000 mu (about 20,667 hectares) of tea plantations, with an output value exceeding 16 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars).
Tea masters Wei Jiequn (R) and Zhu Xuelan talk about tea-making techniques at a tea workshop in Liubao Town of Cangwu County in Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Employees work in a tea company in Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
This aerial photo taken on Sept. 6, 2023 shows a tea garden in Liubao Town of Cangwu County in Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Workers process tea leaves at a workshop of a tea company in Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Workers process tea leaves at a workshop of a tea company in Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
People taste Liubao tea during the 20th China-ASEAN Expo at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Tea master Wei Zhansheng brews Liubao tea in a tea company in Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
People taste Liubao tea during the 20th China-ASEAN Expo at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)■
